Adoption news
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CoramBAAF 40th Anniversary Reception - What do we want from the Children’s Care Review?
CoramBAAF celebrated its 40th anniversary on Monday 14 December with an online reception attended by over 200 people including Vicky Ford MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families.
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Children’s Minister joins key speakers at CoramBAAF’s 40th anniversary reception on 14 December
Ahead of the Government’s imminent review of the care system, CoramBAAF is hosting an event on Monday 14 December to hear from key figures across the sector and care-experienced young people themselves on what the review needs to do to make life better for young people.
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Coram hosts its 150th Adoption Activity Day
Coram hosted its 150th Adoption Activity Day in Bristol on Saturday 30 November, a unique event bringing prospective adopters together with children waiting to be adopted in an informal setting. Since their inception in 2011, the Adoption Activity Days have resulted in over 1,000 adoptions, approximately one in four children attending an event.
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Coram hosts Q&A with Education Secretary for National Adoption Week
As part of National Adoption Week (12-18 October), Coram’s CEO, Dr Carol Homden, met with the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, for a Q&A on the government's ambitions for adoption.
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Black children wait longer for adoption than any other ethnic group
Black children wait longer for an adoptive family than any other ethnic group, according to statistics released this National Adoption Week (12-18 October).
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Coram leads call for more adopters in National Adoption Week 2020
As National Adoption Week 2020 gets under way, Coram, the oldest children's charity in the UK, is supporting a range of initiatives designed to raise understanding of the adoption process, and encourage more families from a diverse range of backgrounds to come forward as prospective adopters.
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Black Lives Matter: Our pledge to tackle racism
Coram has a long and successful history of finding families for children from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds. However, Black Lives Matter has caused us to pause and reflect and challenge ourselves to do more.
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CoramBAAF celebrates 40 years shaping adoption and fostering policy
CoramBAAF is today celebrating 40 years since its formation in 1980 with a virtual event for members that will hear key speakers consider how the children’s sector has evolved over the last 40 years, with contributors including ADCS president Jenny Coles, CoramBAAF’s director of policy, research and development Dr John Simmonds, and University of East Anglia professor of social work Elsbeth Neil.
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Coram reports 24% rise in adoption enquiries despite the pandemic, but more families needed to meet demand
Coram Ambitious for Adoption has reported a big rise in enquiries from prospective adopters over the past six months despite the disruption resulting from the pandemic and lockdown measures.
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Coram experts highlight need to support children's mental health as schools return
The mental health and wellbeing of children should be prioritised as the nation's children children return to school after months of lockdown, say Coram's experts.
